Asian Games 2023 Live Updates: The Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou will officially kickstart from September 23. However, competitions for some events have already started before that. Competitions for many events including football and volleyball started from September 19 itself. This time, India has sent a total of 655 players to the Asian Games, which is the largest contingent so far. India have already started their campaign at the Asian Games with the men’s volleyball team impressing the most. The Asian Games 2023 will be broadcast live on Sony Sports Network and its live streaming will be available on Sony Liv.

The Indian volleyball team defeated lower-ranked Cambodia 3-0 on Tuesday. After this, India defeated South Korea 3-2 in the final pool match on Wednesday, thereby remaining on top. Indian men’s football team led by Sunil Chhetri had to face a crushing 1-5 defeat against hosts China on Tuesday. Today, on 21st September (Thursday), India has to participate in five events. These include sports competitions like cricket, football, rowing and sailing.

The Indian women’s cricket team will play its first match in the Asian Games on Thursday (September 21). Cricket has been included to the Asian Games after long gap of nine years. The sport was removed during the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta after cricket competitions were held in Guangzhou 2010 and Incheon 2014.

India’s events in Asian Games 2023 on Thursday, September 21

Women’s Cricket: India vs Malaysia – Quarter Final – 6:30 am
Rowing Competition between multiple countries: Multiple events from 6:40 am
Sailing Competition between many countries: Multiple events from 8:30 am
Men’s Football: India vs Bangladesh – Group Stage match, begins at 1 PM IST
Women’s Football: India vs Chinese Taipei – Group Stage match, begins at 5 PM IST

India’s rowing event schedule in Asian Games 2023

Rowing repechage round (lightweight women’s double sculls): Kiran and Bharti Anshika (6:40 am).
Rowing repechage round (lightweight men’s double sculls): Arjun Lal Jat and Arvind Singh (6:50 am).
Rowing Repechage Round (Men’s Double Sculls) – Satnam Singh and Parminder Singh (7:20 am).
Rowing Repechage Round (Men’s Single Sculls) – Baraz Panwar (12:40 pm).
Rowing Repechage Round (Men’s Quadruple Sculls) – Satnam Singh, Parminder Singh, Jakar Khan and Sukhmeet Singh (1 pm)